of Elgin, Northern Scotland · documented from the public record
The family in the record
James Wilson b. 1847
parentsJames Wilson & Jessie Stuart
James Wilson⚭ Elizabeth Douglas (m. 1 Nov 1872
childrenMary Rankin Wilson · Jeanie Wilson · William Douglas Wilson · Ethel Swan Wilson
Their story
What the record says
Portrait and biographical album of Des Moines County, Iowa.
Born Elgin, Scotland 10 Nov 1847.
Son of James and Jessie (Stuart) Wilson.
Emigrated 1872 to Burlington, Iowa.
Entered Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad service 1873 as storeroom porter, became chief clerk of the local freight department in 1882.
United Presbyterian.
All four children born at Burlington, Iowa.
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